/EINPresswire.com/ -- ROGERS, AR--(Marketwired - December 12, 2016) - Ecoark Holdings, Inc. ("Ecoark") (OTCQX: EARK), a provider of a growing suite of proprietary technologies and services that drive sustainability and facilitate sustainable growth for a wide range of clients, today announced it has qualified and is now trading on the OTCQX^® Best Market, operated by OTC Markets Group. Ecoark upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB^® Venture Market.

Ecoark begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "EARK."

"We are excited to take this positive step forward as a Company and to upgrade to the OTCQX Best Market. With the recent successes of our subsidiaries and the upcoming launch of our commercial fresh food solution, Zest Fresh, we believe the OTCQX market is where we can best increase our profile and investor support moving forward," said Randy May, Chairman and CEO, Ecoark Holdings, Inc.

The OTCQX market is reserved for established, investor-focused U.S. and global companies that meet high financial standards, provide timely news and disclosure to investors, and are sponsored by a professional third-party advisor. Carmel, Milazzo & DiChiara LLP serves as Ecoark's OTCQX advisor, responsible for providing professional guidance on OTCQX requirements and U.S. securities laws.

"We are pleased to welcome Ecoark Holdings to the OTCQX market," said Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group. "Upgrading to OTCQX from OTCQB will enable Ecoark Holdings to demonstrate their financial and operating qualifications and to provide a transparent, shareholder-friendly trading experience for their investors."

U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

About Ecoark Holdings, Inc.

Based in Rogers, AR, and founded in 2011, Ecoark Holdings, Inc. is a growth-oriented company based in the retail and logistics hub of Northwest Arkansas. Ecoark's portfolio of technology solutions increase operational visibility and improve organizational transparency for a wide range of corporate clients.

Ecoark's technologies fight waste in Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chains across the evolving global economy. Ecoark's portfolio of companies and technologies work to integrate people, processes, and data in order to overcome ingrained operational hurdles and create new revenue streams.

Ecoark's vision is to expose the cycles of waste that reduce efficiency and cost effectiveness across the business landscape. Ecoark's strategically acquired subsidiaries have anticipated and responded to key economic factors impacting every business today.

Ecoark addresses these vital economic factors through four active subsidiaries, Zest Labs, Eco3d, Pioneer Products, and Magnolia Solar.

For more information, please visit www.ecoark.com.

Forward Looking Statement:

This release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning our business and possible or assumed future results of operations. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements for many reasons including: our ability to continue as a going concern; adverse economic changes affecting markets we serve; competition in our markets and industry segments; our timing and the profitability of entering new markets; greater than expected costs, customer acceptance of our products or difficulties related to our integration of the businesses we may acquire; and other risks and uncertainties as may be detailed from time to time in our public announcements and SEC filings. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, they relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made, and our future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements may not meet these expectations. We do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this document to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law.